Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:22 am

by Kinx

wow, seeing jolana Star IX in this condition IN MEXICO? ) huh - those were exported only to "socialist countries" back then (they are quite common in former USSR countries for example), some went probably to Cuba. but yeah, it would make a killer mustang project

anyway, I'm amazed how you managed to salvage a hacked up body like that. What a story !

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:01 pm

by higgsblossom

Will, I was just wondering if you had already finished this project - any update would be appreciated

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Will, I was just wondering if you had already finished this project - any update would be appreciated

After waiting over a month for a clearcoat to harden, I gave up and scraped a bunch of lacquer off. It may be a month or two before I'm ready to put it back together.

After I left it outside trying to get it to dry, some lines showed up - but a little bit of scraping leveled things out.

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:45 am

by higgsblossom

Thanks for the update!

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:13 am

by kapepper

Impressive restoration

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:59 pm

by wademp

Holy smokes!!! That is amazing work! I’m blown away.
I can’t wait to see it all finished!

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 7:13 pm

by JSutter

Amazing transformation. I would love to be able to see the potential in stuff like this.

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:18 pm

by brettjorg

What a great thread to catch up on. Excited to see the final outcome!

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:18 pm

by brettjorg

What a great thread to catch up on. Excited to see the final outcome!

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 2:54 pm

by amv

Here's the thing. I knew this was going to come out perfectly, because I've been following this forum long enough to know that the woodworkers here have seemingly superhuman powers.

And yet I'm still blown away. Magnificent work.

Also, although "Phantom Limb" is a near-perfect name for this thing, considering that it grew the limbs back, this guitar clearly must be forever known as The Salamander. (Btw, I meant to suggest this a few pages back but forgot; I was going to suggest an "amphibious" blue-green finish, and sure enough you read my mind!)

Re: Un-Voxing a butchered 1961 Jazzmaster project

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 2:55 am

by Telover

Just saw this one. Great work. However, anyone who made a massacre like that, should be sentenced.